


Description
Add beauty and fragrance to your garden with Trachelospermum jasminoides, commonly known as Star Jasmine or Chinese Jasmine. This versatile evergreen climber or low-growing ground cover produces masses of highly perfumed white star-shaped flowers in spring and summer, filling your garden with a delightful scent. Its glossy green foliage creates year-round interest, turning bronze in cooler months.
Ideal for use as a ground cover, climber over trellises, or clipped into a low hedge, it’s also known for being possum-proof. Star Jasmine thrives in full sun and prefers frost-free areas, though it can tolerate light frost in sheltered spots.
Key Features:
- Fragrant white star-shaped flowers in spring and summer
- Evergreen foliage providing year-round coverage
- Versatile as a ground cover, climber, or low hedge
- Tolerates various growing conditions and is low-maintenance
Plant Details:
- Height: Up to 0.5 m as ground cover; 2 - 5 m as a climber
- Position: Full sun for best flowering; tolerates part shade
- Growing Conditions: Prefers well-drained soil; benefits from mulching and fertilising at planting
- Uses: Ground cover, climbing plant, trellises, hedges, and scented gardens
- Care: Prune regularly when young to encourage bushy growth. Clip back after flowering to maintain shape. Mulch and water until established (approx. 12 weeks).
Your plants are supplied as tube stock with healthy young roots, ready to establish quickly in your garden. (Pot size: 80 mm high x 42 mm wide)